Operator Charged In Stalking Woman Who Had Called 911

Victim Says He Sent Letters

May 16, 2000|By Pamela J. Johnson of The Sentinel Staff

An Orange County Sheriff's Office 911 operator was arrested on stalking charges and is accused of sending a victim who called for help a photograph of himself and telling her that God wanted them to be together.

Jamison Antonio McIntyre, 22, of Winter Park, was ordered by a judge on Monday to stay away from the victim, who called 911 on March 24 during a domestic dispute at her home. McIntyre resigned the day of his arrest on May 8. He was released from jail Friday after posting $1,000 bail for the misdemeanor stalking charge.

After McIntyre, a sheriff's dispatcher for about two years, received the woman's call for help, he began telephoning her four times a day from his home, she told authorities.

McIntyre sent her a love letter and a photograph of himself, then called her and said, ``God wants us to be together,'' she told officials.

``She was a double victim,'' Captain Steve Jones said Monday. ``He had never met her, but something clicked to make him fall in love.''

The woman said she asked McIntyre to stop calling, but he refused. She said she began hanging up when she recognized his voice, but he continued to call.

Finally, he sent her a card saying he was her ``No. 1 Fan.''

Before he was hired, McIntyre, a second cousin of Chief Deputy Malone Stewart, underwent a criminal background check and psychological testing, which is mandatory for all dispatchers.

``He passed all of the tests and had no prior arrests,'' Jones said. ``He received no special treatment because of his relationship with Chief Deputy Malone [Stewart). In the 19 years I've been here, this is the first time I've heard of this kind of thing happening with a dispatcher.''